Little Ruby Quilt Along — Part 1

Wel­come to the Fat Quarter Shop Little Ruby Quilt Along.   I’m really happy to be sew­ing along with this new FREE pat­tern from the Fat Quarter Shop designed by one of my quilty her­o’s Cam­ille Roskel­ley.  The Little Ruby quilt is simple and fun to put togeth­er and I know that you’re going to love mak­ing it as much as I have!

For Part 1 of the Quilt Along we’re all reveal­ing our fab­ric choices but, before I get to that, here’s all the inform­a­tion you’ll need to sew along with us:-

• You can pur­chase a Little Ruby Quilt Kit from the Fat Quarter Shop by click­ing here.
• A PDF is avail­able to down­load that details all of the mater­i­als required togeth­er with cut­ting instruc­tions for Part 1 of the Quilt Along.  Click here to down­load.
• You’ll need a couple of spe­ci­al­ity rulers, the Cre­at­ive Grids Hexagon Trim Tool and the 60 Degree Double Strip Ruler, both are avail­able from the Fat Quarter Shop.  They’re fant­ast­ic and I can­’t wait to use mine on future projects.
• This quick video from Kim­berly Jolly will run through everything else you need to know and provides some great tips and tricks for using those rulers!

Now.… back to those fab­ric choices!

I was lucky enough to pick up a jelly roll of Little Ruby when they were avail­able as a pre-release but, I could only get one, so I’ve impro­vised a little with my fab­ric choices.   I love the Bon­nie & Cam­ille Stash Pack the Fat Quarter Shop have cur­ated so I grabbed a yard of each col­our from them and cut 2.5″ strips from each yard to make up the extra 14 strips needed.

And then things got a little crazy!   I thought it might be fun to flip things around a bit so I cut anoth­er 54 strips from the sol­id yard­age and have used them instead of the two white jelly rolls for the star blocks.  I also changed my back­ground fab­ric to a neut­ral rather than the aqua print Kim­berly used.   That may be a little hard to ima­gine so here’s a sneaky little peak of how it looks.…

I can­’t wait to show you a little more of the two quilts I’ve made but that will need to wait until June 13 (which just hap­pens to be my birth­day!!!!) when myself and the oth­er blog­gers will be back to share our star blocks with you.   In the mean­time, make sure you check out what these oth­er awe­some blog­gers are up to with their fab­ric choices for the Little Ruby Quilt Along. I know I will be!

Melissa from Happy Quilt­ing
Angie from Gnome Angel
Erin Cox from Why Not Sew
Andy from A Bright Corner
Heidi from But­tons & Butterflies
Pat from Pat Sloan
Peta from She Quilts a Lot (thats me!)
Heath­er from Quilt Story
Megan from Quilt Story
Aman­da from Jedi Craft Girl
Gerri from Planted Seed Designs
Sherri from A Quilt­ing Life
Rebecca from Bry­an House Quilts
Sherri from This & That Patterns
Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon
Alyce from Blos­som Heart Quilts
Stephanie from Mod­ern Sewciety
Brooke from Silly Mama Quilts
Car­rie from Mod­a’s United Notions

Happy quilt­ing!